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[AMSAT-UK] LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested
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/////////////////////////////////////////// LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested Posted: 11 Jul 2016 11:57 AM PDT https://amsat-uk.org/2016/07/11/lila...ponder-tested/ Members of the Harbin Institute Of Technology Amateur Radio Club BY2HIT receiving LilacSat-2 On July 10, 2016 the amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder on the student built satellite LilacSat-2 was successfully tested. LilacSat-2, call sign BJ1SI, was built by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology and launched on September 19, 2015. The 40 kHz wide SSB/CW transponder is Non-Inverting which means the Doppler shift of a signal going through the transponder will be twice that usually seen on Low Earth Orbit inverting linear transponder satellites. Clayton Coleman W5PFG reported that he and Glenn Miller AA5PK had a contact through the transponder, a recording can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/lilacsa...sb-transponder The transponder frequencies a • 144.3425-144.3825 MHz Uplink • 437.180-437.220 MHz Downlink It is not yet known when the transponder will be activated again. LilacSat-2 https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/comm...ns/lilacsat-2/ |
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